IBPS PO Strategy for English Language 2016

Dear Readers,
With only about a month left for IBPS PO Prelims Exam, every moment and your every move counts.
And in Banking Examination the most important aspect is good practice and strategic plan. If you
are blindly following any book or study material, that wont help you much. You must be fully aware of
what you need to study and how should you attempt the questions on The Day of Examination.

Today well discuss about English Language Section.

Weve
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strategy
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for Quantitative
Aptitude and Reasoning and in this article well discuss the strategy that you can follow to attain good
marks in English Language in IBPS PO 2016.
In IBPS PO Prelims this section will have 30 questions which can fetch you maximum 30 marks and there
will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. And most importantly you will have just an hour
for all the three sections English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude collectively. Here comes a need for
Strategy.

Most important element of a Language

As there is only about a month left, you should speed up your preparation and follow the right path as this
is a vast subject. To prepare English Language subject for examination

you must first

understand that grammar is the essence of every

language. And if you understand the grammatical rules, you easily could relate what goes into
the structure of sentences and phrases. And the second most important thing is vocabulary.
Vocabulary is the body of words used in a particular language and for commutating well or to understand
the language vocabulary also plays an important part. And to have a good vocabulary you must
develop good reading habits.
Every student appearing for IBPS PO Examination must know what all are the important topics that you
need to cover or practice well to score in the examination.

The topics that you need to cover are:

Reading Comprehension (Based on Story, Economy, Social cause, Specific Topic)

Jumbled Paragraph

Sentence Improvement
Cloze-Test
Double/Single Fill in the blanks
Antonyms, Synonyms and Spellings
Jumbled Paragraph with odd one out sentence
Paragraph Completion
Compound Sentences (Combining sentences using participial phrases/connecting words)

And to prepare these topics you need to have good

knowledge of:

Basic Grammar such as sentence, subject and predicate, phrases, clauses and Nouns
Adjective, types of adjective and the key to usage of suitable form of adjective
Articles

 Noun/Pronouns
Phrase Replacement
Tenses
Auxiliary and Modal Verbs
Adverbs and its types and usage
Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections
Strategy to make the most in limited time.
Firstly, you should choose to attempt questions of Cloze Test, Antonym/Synonym, Spellings and Fill in
the blanks as they are relatively easier and far less time consuming than other topics. Be careful as
there is negative marking, do not take chances in the examination as even 1 mark can make or break
your dream.
Then you can go for Sentence Improvement, Jumbled paragraph and Compound sentences. They
can be tricky as weve seen in SBI PO examination, there were some major changes, so practice well and
be prepared for the unexpected. The key is not to lose your calm and concentration. There are certain
methods and tricks for these topics and by practicing well, you can easily get through these questions as
well.
Then youll be left with Reading Comprehension. There are certain types of Reading Comprehension
like on Story based, Economy based, Social cause or Specific Topic based. It is advisable that as
you have around a month left, you should practice at least 2 of each type. The trick for Reading
Comprehension can be to at first quickly read the questions and then accordingly go through the
passage, this can save your time. Yes, this step is very important, and while reading the questions do
note down important points or keywords that you have to search in the passage. Remember its better
to leave those questions that you find too much time consuming, be careful with your
choices. Around 10 questions will be asked from a Reading Comprehension and 5-6 questions can
be of easy to moderate level. Choose wisely and dont be tempted to take chances while attempting
questions from Reading Comprehension as accuracy matters a lot.